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James Roland McGregor

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Roland AWMM
  • Surname
    McGregor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Don AWMM
  • Service number
    • Malaya 623133 AWMM
    • Malaya T623133 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    1953 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • After service in Malaya he was posted as an United Nations Observer in Kashmir during the India-Pakistan border clashes. Seconded to serve as the Commander of the Tonga Defence Force in 1970 and later the Commanding Officer of the 5th Wellington West Coast Taranaki Battalion Group in the Territorial Force after his retirement from the regular army. Source: Army News, Issue 390, 12 August 2008.

    Photo of Lt J.R. McGregor in The Officers, 2nd Battalion The New Zealand Regiment (Taiping, Malaya 1960) AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 August 2008 RSA Last Post/Cemetery Record
    Age 75 AWMM
    FordellManawatu-Wanganui RSA Last Post/Cemetery Record
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Obituary, Wanganui Chronicle, 6 August 2008
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=10972910
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Overseas postings and forces - New Zealand Force for Malaya Far East land forces - Officers, 1957-1971, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AD-W6W2564 36 part 3. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll 2NZ Regiment 1959-1961. Kindly provided by Alan (Archie) Dawson February 2021. AWMM
    • This record was partially created from Cemetery research completed by Carol Foster (2021). AWMM
    • Fry, P., & New Zealand. Army. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Battalion, 1st. (1983). The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment : Journal / [P.J. Fry, editor] (25th anniversary commemorative ed.). Singapore: The Regiment. AWMM
    • Malayan Veterans Assn. (2004-). Selamat : Newsletter of the Malayan Veterans' Association Inc. AWMM
      Brief Obituary October 2008 AWMM
    • FARELF Nominal Roll Part 1 1958-1961 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, CAJN CH189/Box70 41/4/11 (R21234083) AWMM

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